The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is delaying the elimination of the carpool discount program, just weeks before the agency had planned to end it and as backlash grew in recent weeks from New Jersey commuters and a U.S. congressman.
“The Port Authority believes, for safety, efficiency, and environmental reasons, transitioning to cashless tolling will have a positive impact on our customers, our facilities and the region. But we’re also listening when our customers speak up,” the Port Authority said in a statement Wednesday morning. “That’s why this week we are bringing before our board a proposal to phase out the carpool discount at the Hudson River crossings only as each facility actually implements cashless, all-electronic tolling.”
The carpool discount, which is used by about 3.2% of motorists, will remain until cashless tolling is ready to be implemented at the agency’s three remaining crossings that have not switched to the program, a turnover not expected until late 2020 or early 2021.
Read more at North Jersey.com.
{Matzav.com}
